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I don't know what to add from the reviews so far...this game is very broken, many features don't work or are disabled and the price charged is for a working game is not work the mess that is Sword of the Stars II and I w... Read Full Review

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What Gamespot Users have to say about Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter

I have been playing SOTS2 for more then 200 hours. Why do I write this review now? Because the game was unplayable when it was released, but now it's playable because of the exceptional support from the developers. ... Read Full Review

To be honest, when I looked at the ratings and was surprised to see they were so low. I actually wondered if it was the same game. Apparently the patches have turned a bad release into a decent game. It's still not perfe... Read Full Review

Granted the launch was lousy, the follow through on that screwup though was impressive and exactly what I'd come to expect from Kerebros as well as the support. And while they do lose major points for releaseing what par... Read Full Review

Before starting game: Starting options - I didn't like that the game starts with 3 systems...it is better that you start with one... you can't make your star system like first sword of star...could add more nations. ... Read Full Review

I was a big fan of the original sword of the stars. This one seems much better than the first, but the review is correct this game is not finished and to be honest I do not think it is objective to rate this game just ye... Read Full Review

First of all, the makers say they made a mistake, and upped an old beta of this game to steam. Then the update (the so called real game) is also a beta. It should never have been released in the condition it was. Bu... Read Full Review

Wall of text (at least skim it over so you know what you are getting yourself into - small bugs list near the end). From the lead developer: "First of all the bad news...Thanks to various factors we are now sitting o... Read Full Review

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is a broken pile of ideas that do not cohere into anything worth playing, much less buying. Both the publisher and the developer have apologized for this mess, and have promised to ... Read Full Review

This game improves on everything in the first instalment. After a mistake which lead to the alpha version of the game being uploaded to steam, many customers were given the impression that this game is poorly made and se... Read Full Review

Its hard to comment on the game itself since i actualy haven't played it. As far as i have gotten without a crash was the mission screen where you select maps etc. Even there alot of graphics and text were missing. T... Read Full Review